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Discussions on browser extensions at WindowsForum.com center on the shift from Manifest V2 to Manifest V3 in Microsoft Edge, with consumer versions expected to complete the migration by the end of 2026 and enterprise devices following into early 2027. Users also explore the lack of extension support in Chrome on Android compared to Firefox and Samsung Internet, and troubleshoot issues like Chrome spell check failures caused by interfering extensions. Security is a recurring theme, with multiple threads covering Chrome 150 patches for extension-related vulnerabilities such as CVE-2026-14053, CVE-2026-13999, CVE-2026-14003, and CVE-2026-14040, plus how Chromium flaws affect Microsoft Edge. The tag provides practical advice on extension governance, patch verification, and enterprise security.
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    Microsoft Edge MV2 Phase-Out to Disable uBlock Origin by End of 2026

    Microsoft Edge is phasing out Manifest V2 (MV2) extensions for consumers, and the classic uBlock Origin ad blocker is built on MV2. Windows Central's Sean Endicott reports that uBlock Origin stopped working in his copy of Edge earlier this week, and he has switched to Brave and its built-in...
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    Manage Microsoft Edge Extensions: Install, Disable, Remove

    Microsoft Edge on Windows 10 and Windows 11 lets you install extensions from Microsoft’s own store or the Chrome Web Store, temporarily turn them off, and remove them when they are no longer needed. Disabling keeps an extension installed; removing uninstalls it. That makes disabling the more...
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    Edge Canary Disables MV2 Extensions, Including uBlock Origin

    Microsoft Edge Canary is now disabling Manifest V2 extensions for at least some users, turning a long-announced retirement into an immediate compatibility problem for anyone still relying on the older extension format. Windows Report observed the change with uBlock Origin 1.75.0: the extension...
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    Microsoft Edge Adds Review Automation, 15-Day Badge Refreshes

    Microsoft is changing how Edge Add-ons submissions move through its review process, but the announcement should not be read as a promise of instant approvals. The company says it has automated many repeatable validation checks and streamlined routing inside the review pipeline, while retaining...
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    Chrome Web Store Removes Remaining Manifest V2 Extensions

    Google’s removal of the remaining Manifest V2 (MV2) extensions from the Chrome Web Store on August 31, 2026 is an important closing milestone, but it should not be confused with the point at which Chrome stopped running the old extension platform. That happened earlier. For Windows users...
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    MicrosoftSettings.exe Promotes Bing, Doesn’t Force It

    Windows 11 users should treat a newly reported executable named Microsoft Recommended Search Settings as an optional Bing-promotion tool, not a Windows update or a mandatory browser change. Windows Latest reports that the program, distributed as MicrosoftSettings.exe from a Microsoft download...
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    Microsoft Edge Ends Manifest V2 Extensions by December 2026

    Microsoft Edge will begin disabling Manifest V2 extensions in its Canary, Dev, and Beta channels this month, putting the full version of uBlock Origin and other legacy add-ons on a path to removal from the browser. Microsoft says consumer Edge installations will complete the migration to...
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    Chrome Android Lacks Extensions: Firefox and Samsung Internet

    Android Authority’s August 6 argument that Chrome on Android is falling behind lands on a real problem: Google’s phone-and-tablet browser still offers no supported extension platform, while Firefox for Android and Samsung Internet do. But the article’s proposed “five” fixes actually bundle seven...
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    Fix Chrome Spell Check: Restore Red Underlines and Suggestions

    Chrome’s spell checker is easy to take for granted—until the familiar red underline disappears from an important email, forum post, or web form. The good news is that most Chrome spell check failures are not caused by a damaged browser installation. They usually come down to a disabled language...
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    Chrome 150 CVE-2026-14053 Patch: Verify Update and Lock Down Extensions

    Google’s Chrome 150.0.7871.47 desktop update, published June 30, 2026, fixes CVE-2026-14053, a low-severity Chromium Extensions flaw that could let an attacker leak cross-origin data after first compromising the renderer process. That is the plain version; the more useful version is that this is...
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    CVE-2026-13999 Chrome Extension UI Spoofing: Patch, CPE Check, Enterprise Steps

    Google Chrome’s CVE-2026-13999 was published by NVD on June 30, 2026, and updated July 1 to cover Chrome versions before 150.0.7871.47, after Google’s Stable Channel desktop update fixed an Extensions flaw that could let a malicious add-on spoof browser UI. The vulnerability is medium severity...
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    Chrome 150 Patch CVE-2026-14003: Secure Extensions to Prevent Cross-Origin Data Leaks

    Google fixed CVE-2026-14003 in Chrome 150.0.7871.47, released on June 30, 2026, after documenting a medium-severity Extensions flaw that could let a malicious Chrome extension leak cross-origin data if a user installed it. The vulnerability is not a drive-by browser apocalypse, and neither...
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    CVE-2026-14040: Why a “Low” Chrome Bug Can Still Be High Risk for Enterprises

    Google fixed CVE-2026-14040 in Chrome 150.0.7871.47, released through the Stable Channel for desktop on June 30, 2026, after documenting a low-severity use-after-free flaw in BrowserTag that required a malicious Chrome extension and user installation to become exploitable. That narrow attack...
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    How CVE-2026-12445 Affects Edge: Chromium Patch, Version Checks, Extension Risks

    Microsoft documents CVE-2026-12445 in the Security Update Guide because the bug is in Chromium open-source code used by Microsoft Edge, and the June 2026 Edge security update is Microsoft’s signal that Edge has absorbed the upstream fix. This is not Microsoft claiming the flaw originated in...
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    CVE-2026-11658 Chrome Extensions Bug: Patch Windows, Secure Extension Policies

    Google Chrome’s CVE-2026-11658, published June 8, 2026 and last modified by NVD on June 10, describes an Extensions input-validation flaw in Chrome before 149.0.7827.103 that could let an attacker with a compromised renderer bypass site isolation using a crafted HTML page. The bug is not the...
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    CVE-2026-11644 Chrome Linux Use-After-Free: Patch Chrome, Not the Kernel

    Google’s CVE-2026-11644 entry, published June 8, 2026 and modified June 9, describes a critical use-after-free flaw in Chrome’s Views component on Linux before version 149.0.7827.103 that could allow code execution through a malicious Chrome extension. The important wrinkle is not just the...
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    PromptSnatcher: Malicious Ad Blockers Stole AI Prompts and Metadata

    A security report published June 13, 2026, by MalExt Sentry says two browser ad-blocking extensions, Smart Adblocker and Adblock for Browser, secretly intercepted AI conversations and account metadata from roughly 90,000 users across ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini, Copilot, Perplexity, DeepSeek, Grok...
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    Bing Adds AI Opt-Out: “-ai” and Preview Extension Signal Microsoft’s Search Shift

    Microsoft Bing added a preview opt-out for Copilot-style AI answers in search results in early June 2026, giving Chrome and Edge users a browser extension toggle and letting anyone append “-ai” to a Bing query to suppress AI-generated responses. That is a small product change with a much larger...
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    CVE-2026-7940 Chrome V8 Patch: Stop Malicious Extensions in Your Enterprise

    Google and Microsoft disclosed CVE-2026-7940 on May 6, 2026, a medium-severity Chromium vulnerability in V8 that affects Google Chrome before 148.0.7778.96 and can let a malicious Chrome extension execute arbitrary code inside the browser sandbox. The short version is reassuring only if your...
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    CVE-2026-7949 Skia Bug: Why Chrome/Edge Extensions Matter for Cross‑Origin Data Leaks

    Google and Microsoft disclosed CVE-2026-7949 on May 6, 2026, as a medium-severity Chromium flaw in Skia that affects Google Chrome before version 148.0.7778.96 and can let an attacker with renderer compromise leak cross-origin data through a crafted Chrome extension. That is a narrow bug...